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below

Adverb CEFR B1 Frequent
bɪˈləʊ

Definitions

  1. Down, below, downstairs.
  2. In or to a lower place.
    not-comparable
  3. On or to a lower storey.
    not-comparable
  4. On or to a lower deck, especially as relative to the main deck.
    not-comparable
  5. Later in the same text.
    not-comparable
  6. Below zero.
    not-comparable

Equivalents

Españolabajo
Deutschunten
17 more languages
العربيةتحتدون
Ελληνικάκάτω
עבריתלמטהמטה
हिन्दीअधरनीचे
Bahasa Indonesiaandap
日本語丅下
Polskiponiżej
Portuguêsabaixo
Русскийминус
Српскиdoledoljeдоледоље
Українськанижче

Examples

“The town is situated on a hillside, with a river running below.”
“He was pulled below by a sea monster.”
“But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. […]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge,[…].”
“She lives below, on the ground floor.”
“The captain went below to inspect⟳ the engine.”
“the landlubbers lying down below”
“This point⟳ is explained below.”
“By their execution hereof, the Parties incur a legal obligation to pass⟳ consideration under this Loan Contract as is set⟳ forth below.”
“It was forty degrees below.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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